Inspirion Joomla Template

1. Agile2010 Reflections
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

... understanding agile principles and values; then adapting practices that work for the organization. I was also pleased to see that keynotes by Dave Thomas,  Ron Jeffries and Chet Hendrickson, and Mike Cohn ...

2. Agile2010 Presentation
(Downloads/Presentations)

Accelerating Your Organization's Agile Adoption As more organizations adopt Agile practices they want to rapidly extend these benefits across their enterprise. However, agile adoption is challenging and ...

3. Stairway to Agility
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

As agility becomes more widely practiced, more people and organizations are giving it a serious look and we are seeing more of what Geoffrey Moore (Crossing the Chasm) would call the Early Majority starting ...

4. The Elusive Agile Enterprise
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

With agile principles and values becoming more widely accepted at the team level, a natural conversation heard in the agile community today is how to move beyond that.  How do we grow agile organizations ...

5. The Practices Isn't What's Hard
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

... productivity tools and gadgets actually sap our productivity? I have 5 work related email accounts, which does not include a client's email, and I monitor 6 more for the professional organizations I am ...

6. PMI Houston 2010 Conference & Expo
(Downloads/Presentations)

... to the conference team lead by Jane Boucher for another successful conference. Accelerating Your Organization's Agile Adoption My colleague Bryan Campbell and I continue to refine this presentation based ...

7. Agile Adoption
(Services/Consulting)

... the needs of your organization. Start agile pilot teams to learn specific practices and how to adapt them to their best effect. Contact me directly to discuss availability, pricing, and how we make the ...

8. Agile Leadership
(Services/Consulting)

... your organization. Leading by example is often the best way to help your new agile team members and project leaders "get it". Working together to achieve your organization's goals I can: Help your teams ...

9. APLN Board
(Activities/Recent Activities)

... and initiative to re-vitalize the national organization.  Our monthly conference calls help to keep things on track, but nothing beats everyone being together in the same room to extend friendships and ...

10. Maturing APLN Houston
(Activities/Recent Activities)

The APLN Houston leadership team has been doing some significant behind the scenes work in the last few months to add a bit formality to the organization for the purposes of continuity.  Transitioning ...

11. Not Suitable for Agile?
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

... article Philosophical Makeover when she talks about agility being a fear-inducing paradigm alteration.  She also goes on to discuss the fear factor in agile adoptions, shaping them to the adopting organization, ...

12. Agile2010 Experience
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

This year I was privileged to serve as the stage producer for the Agile Adoption stage for the Agile2010 conference.  I owe a debt of gratitude to the Leadership and Organizations program chair Pollyanna ...

13. The Power of Self-Organizing Teams
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

... ideas in the implicit knowledge and trust that we are all focused on a common goal.  By repeatedly stepping up and stepping back, we each shape the direction of the organization in ways that are important ...

14. PMI Houston - Downtown
(Downloads/Presentations)

What's This Thing Called Agility? Adopting agile principles is more than just adopting a new set of practices.  To reach the full potential of agility, one must also adopt agile values and create an organizational ...

15. Agile2010
(Activities/Recent Activities)

This year I am honored to serve as the stage producer for the Agile Adoption Stage at the Agile2010 Conference in August. As a part of the broader Leadership and Organizations theme, the Agile Adoption ...

16. Scrum Basics for Developers
(Services/Training)

... with the broader organization.    Duration: 1 Day Class Size: Up to 20 Persons Topics included:  Why Software is Hard to Do Waste in software today Software requirements challenges Characteristics ...

17. What's This Thing Called Agility?
(Services/Training)

This workshop will provide an introductory look at agility, the expectations placed on both agile teams and agile leadership, and the organizational culture needed for teams to reach their full potential ...

18. Control is Not Evil
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

... a topic that confuses many.  How much freedom does a team really have?  What responsibilities does a team has to the broader organization? How much direction should we provide to a team? Follow this link ...

19. APLN Leadership Summit
(Downloads/Presentations)

Maturing Your Organization's Agile Adoption Held in conjunction with the Agile Development Practices Conference, the APLN Leadership Summit provided another opportunity to collaborate with my friend and ...

20. That’s Not My Problem – and That’s OK
(Blog/Robbie's Blog)

... results.  Often though, what we are not good at is determining whether or not a particular problem is ours to solve. This phenomenon translates to agile teams and the broader organizations that support ...